Corn-shocking machine.



No. 851,700. PATBNTEDAPR. so, 1907.

' D. W. SMITH.

CORN SHOGKING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JULYz,19os.

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CORN SHOGKING MACHINE. l APYLIATION PILED JULY 2s. 190e.

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STATES PATENT OFFICE,

DANIEL lV. SMITH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TOINTERNATIONAL I'IARVES'IER COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEI/V JERSEY.

CORN-SHOCKINGNIACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 30, 1907.

Application filed July 26, 1906. Serial No. 327,824.

citizen of the United States, residing at Chil cago, in the countv of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Shocking Ma-1 chines, of =which the `following is a specification, reference being had. to the accompai'iying drawings, 'forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to coi'ii shocking machines in general, and specifically to devices for forming the shock in combination with a constantly rotating table and a shoek-'forniing standard mounted thereon.

The corn is conif'eyed in an upright position through a passageway in rear of the cutting mechanism, with the butts resting upon the bottom of the passageway, in which position it is delivered to 'the rotating table and shock-fornier.

In the operation of machines of the above mentioned type it has been -found that the butts o'f 'the stalks would often be in'iproperl'y delivered to 'the shock-fin'mer, owing to their moving laterally after leaving the passage- 'way against the action of the rotating table, and become twisted and crooked.

shaft I) chain c and gears d, d, d and cl", and e and e are gears for transmitting motion to the gathering and stalk forwarding mechanism, not shown, 8 curved ai'iiis secured to the platform and operative to advance the butts of the stalks in the direction of rotation ol the platform, 9 a [ixed retaining wall surrounding the platform and having a 1 opposite directions.

The object of my invention is to remedy cient to illustrate the application of my ini tion to release the spring ai'iiis from contact vention. Fig, 2 .is a 'front end elevation of Fig. l. Fig.V 3 is a detached detail of portions of the device drawn upon a larger scale; and Fig. 4 is a side elevation of Fig. 3.

Similar numerals represent like parts throughout the several viens.

el indicates the main drive wheel, 5 the grain. wheel, (5 the vvheel frame, 7 the rotatal nei' edge of the guide, and it yields against the ble platforn'rprovided at its center with means for supporting a shock-former, the platform deriving motion 'from the drivegap l() coincident with the delivery end of a passageway l] extending forward to a cutiing mechanism l2.

13 represents a rocking, vertically arranged standard, having a sweep lever 14 secured thereto, by means of which it may be rotated, and l5 indicates curved, spring, stalk retaining arms secured to said standard and yieldingly hold `in a position overhanging the platform and partially encircling the shock-former.

16 is a guide 'for the butts of the stalks, the portion 17 being substantially a continuation of the stubbleward side of the passageway 1l, and the inner curved portion 1S, and outer edge 1S) being shaped to substantially conform with the periphery of the platform when the guide is at the limit of its movement in The guide is mounted upon a vertical rod 2t), having bearings in a bracket 2l secured to the retaining wall. An arm 22 is secured to the vertical rod, and an eye bolt '23 is secured to the standard I3, a link 24 connects the eyeholt with the arm and is slidably Amounted 'in the latter, a coiled spring 2F encireles the link adjacent the arm and is operative betweei'i the arm and a collar 2(5, passing through the link, to yieldingly hold the guide toward the center of the rotatable platform, and a nut 27 at the end of the link is operative to adjust the tension of the spring.

Then the standard 13 is rocked in a direcwith the shock to butts guide is swung about its axis as shown by dotted lines in Eig. l, in which 'position it is ont of the `way of the shock-'former whenv the latter is swung to place after the shock is deposited upon the ground. As the shock is boing 'formed the butts of the stalks are crowded against the inaction o'f the spring in a manner to more suc- IOO Y Y cess'fully control the butts of the stalks, re- |05 Wheel bymeans of a cross-shaft u, diagonal l sulting in a more perfectly 'formed shock.

/Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. A corn shocking machine comprising, in combination, a cutting mechanism, a passageway in rear of said cutting mechanism, a rotatable platform at the delivery end of said passageway, a vertically arranged standard pivotally mounted upon a fixed part of the machine, a yielding stalk-guide adapted to overhang said platform and pivotally mounted on a xed part of the machine, and a link having eccentric connections with said standard and said guide.

2. A corn shocking machine comprising, in combination, a cutting mechanism, a passageway in rear of said cutting mechanism, a rotatable platform at the delivery end of said passageway, a stationary wall surrounding said platform and having an opening therein coinciding with the delivery end of said passageway, a yielding` stalk-guide having at one end avertically arranged shaft secured thereto, said shaft being journaled in bearings secured to said stationary wall, said guide overhanging said platform and having a portion thereof substantially in line with that side of said passageway opposite the direction of rotation of said platform, a vertically arranged standard pivotally mounted on a xed part of the machine, an arm secured to said vertically arranged shaft, and a yielding link connected eccentrically with said standard and with said arm secured to said vertically arranged shaft.

DANIEL WV. SMITH. W'itnesses:

WM. N. SCHNEIDER, A. L. KLINE. 

